Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 6.0

Chapter 37. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

id3lib-3.8.3

Introduction to id3lib

id3lib is a library for reading, writing and manipulating ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags.

Package information

Installation of id3lib

Install id3lib by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
make install

Contents

The id3lib package contains the libid3 library and id3convert, id3cp, id3info and id3tag.

Description

libid3

libid3 provides functions for the ID3v1/v2 tag editing programs.

id3convert

id3convert converts between ID3v1/v2 tagging formats.

id3cp

id3cp extracts ID3v1/v2 tags from digital audio files.

id3info

id3info prints ID3v1/v2 tag contents.

id3tag

id3tag is an utility for editing ID3v1/v2 tags.

Last updated on 2005-02-14 08:12:36 -0700